Nandini: where did u get the car from?

Manik: i asked rishabh and rishabh talked to your cousin and he gave it to me for sometime..

Nandini: wow manik.. Impressive haan?

Manik: ofcourse! Rishabh's one and only and favourite jiju..

Nandini laughed..

Manik: soo lets go birthday girl?

Nandini: its not my birthday anymore mr.malhotra

Manik: it is for me..birthday's are supposed to be special day? And everyday is special when you are there so yeah hop in..

Manik opened the door of the front seat and nandini smiling got in..

Manik went and sat on the driver seat..he took a handkerchief out from his pocket..

Nandini: what is this?

Manik: blindfold?

Nandini: noo manik..

Manik: shh..follow orders..

Manik put the handkerchief around her eyes as a blindfold and then started driving..

Manik: fuck i hope i remember the path...

Nandini: manikk i dont wanna get lost with you over here..

Manik: chilll..relaxx..

Manik took sometime but he reached his destination..

Manik: oh my god nandini! Chapar chapar chapar..stop already

Nandini: gari kyu roka?

Manik: because we reached genius?

Nandini: ohh..

Manik smiling got out of the car and then opened the door for nandini..

Nandini was about to open her blindfold but manik stopped her..

Manik: wait wait.. Here hold my hand..

Nandini: i cant see your hand..

Manik: acha thik hain come..

Manik held her hand and pulled her out..

Nandini: ouch manik..

Nandini's hands moved to his chest and manik closed the door with a smile..

Manik moved his hand to her waist and turned nandini sideways and held her hand with his other hand an started walking forward..

Manik: just trust me..and walk..

Manik stopped and then went behind nandini and opened her blindfold..

Nandini slowly opened her eyes and looked front...the place was filled with nandini's favourite..lightss..and fireflies in jars and flowers..

Nandini: wow manikk..

And it was the most favourite place of nandini too..it was the place where manik proposed her for marriage..

Manik kissed her cheek and then went forward..

Nandini slowly walked towards him..she saw the beautiful hearts that were painted in the ground...

Nandini: this is so beautiful..

Manik: wait stop..

Nandini stopped and looked at manik..

Manik: soo we have a little game here..

Nandini: game? Here? Kya game?

Manik: umm okay..now from there each step you take..you will see a thing beside..you can only proceed when you say how that thing relates to us..okay?

Nandini: okayy..

Nandini was so excited like a small baby and she felt as if her heart was dancing inside in joy..

Nandini took a step and looked at her right side to see a toy bus..

Nandini: toy bus? Ahh buss..first time we mett..

Manik: correct..

Nandini: yaayy..

Nandini moved another step..there was a jar of fireflie covered with a clothe..

Nandini: you stopped the jar from breaking..and it glowed for us..for the first timee..

They both smiled looking at each other..

Manik: correct..

Nandini moved another step..

There was a big spot drawn on the geound..

Nandini: dot?

Manik: no..

Nandini: yeh kya..circle?

Manik: think more..

Nandini: spot? Spot spott!!i was your spot..

Manik started laughing..

Nandini: dont laugh manik..so meann..

Manik: oh you are correct!

Nandini smiling moved another step..

There was a bucket with alot of papers inside and a fire was lit..

Nandini: storeroom..

Manik: correctt..

She moved another step..with that beautiful smile permanent on her face..

Nandini saw a pair of earings,a ring and a bangle kept on a basket..

Nandini confused: whats this..

Manik: what do u think?

Manik widened his eye brows looking at her..

Nandini: ohhhh..i knowwww!! When i lied to you and you checked ny earings and bangles taking me so close to you..

Manik laughing: yess..

Nandini: waise manik do u realize even before dating tum mujhe kitna paas rakhte the?

Manik: yes nandini..tum bhi toh nehi jate the..you enjoyed it..infact you got turned on..afterall i am so hot..

Nandini laughing: hain na? Ofcoursee..

They both laughed..

Nandini moved another step to see a bucket full of mud..

Nandini: muddd fightttt...it was so cute and yuckyyy..all full of mud..whole bodyy..

Manik: correctt..

Nandini moved to the next one..manik went and quickly pressed the on button in the recorder and went back ans stood where he was

Recording in manik's voice: i want to hear that you will shine for me,i want to be always there in your prayer....

Nandini blushing: musicana..our first kiss..

They both looked at each other for sometime with a smile on their face..

Manik nodded and nandini moved another step..

There was a small bonfire lit beside..

Nandini laughing: jungle night..

Manik: yeahh..romancing in the jungle..

Nandini: typical desperate you..

Manik: oh hello..i didnt even want to you were pulling me..

Nandini: oh reallyy? Where was your control power?

Manik: oh trust me..i have alot..you see the distance between us?

Nandini laughing moved front..

Nandini saw the happy new year cards and flowers..

Nandini: new years eve..our fight got solved..

Manik: yuppp!

Nandini moved another step..

Nandini saw there was something written on the ground..it was hello friend..
Nandini started laughing: after new year..friendzoning period?

Manik: yeah..

Nandini moved forward to see colour plates..

Nandini: holiii...nasty holii

Manik laughed: yess..more like sexy holi?

Nandini smiling moved forward...

There were many more steps that covered the most precious moments of their life..

Nandini was at the last one..

Manik: i know..there were more things in our life..a lot more...but these are some of both of our favourites..

Manik sat down on his knee..

Manik: nandini murthy malhotra..i know if i have to talk about our memories it is going to be neverending..these are just somethings i wanted to remember again with you..thats how we started nandini and this is where we are..same as before with more increased love and trust..i cant thank god enough for giving you in my life..you take care of me,my friends,my children and you never get tired..nandini..these moments might have gone but its still with us..it will be all the time..

Nandini: i know manik..we can never forget these..

Manik: i have spent the best 8 years of my life with you nandini..thankyou..thankyou for everything..you are my star..the girl who makes me proud,romantic,horny(both giggled),angry too but you have got the caring side out of me..thankyou for giving me the two most important things in my life..ayaan and myrah and thankyou for being with me..

Nandini had slight tears in her eyes..

Nandini: manik..i love you..humesha humesha humesha..i have no words to explain what you do for me..you make me feel like a queen..you are spoilin me so bad mr.malhotra..this place has a lot of memories with you..and you just rekindled it all..i love you soo muchhh..thankyou manik...

Manik took a ring out of his pocket..

Manik:for the most beautiful girl i have seen.. Nandini smiling placed her palm on his one and manik slipped the ring to her right ring finger..it was a beautiful shining tiffany ring..

Nandini: its beautiful..

Manik stood up: not more then you..

Nandini hugged him..she hugged him very tight and so did manik..

Nandini: manan lives forever and humesha..

Manik: humesha..

They both closed their eyes and hugged for a long time..

Manik broke the hug and cupped her face and moved towards her lips..

Nandini kissed his lips and so did manik..

They spent the whole night together talking..laughing..romancing and dancing..

Next day-5pm

It was the time for sunset and they were all at the beach area..

The girls were taking pictures and the boys played football for sometime..

Chachi: aa jao sab..tea timee..
They all went and sat in a circle..

Manik; rishabh is getting good haan?

Cabir: haan very good..

Nandimi hugged rishabh from the side...

Rishabh: thanks bhaiya..

Mukti: ohh i am gonna miss this place so muchh..

Amms: thodi aur din rukke jao tum sab..

Dhruv: hum ruk jaate amms lekin bohot kam hain..

Amms: woh bhi hain..next vacation phir ana..

Navya: ofcourse amms..

Aryaman: navya should stay here actually..

Navya: yeh tum logo ko aur koi kaam nehi hain..jab chahe shuru ho jate ho..

Cabir: yehi toh kam hain..

Everyone laughed..

Myrah went walking towards nandini..

Myrah: mamma..

Nandini: yes babyy! Myrah moved her hands around her neck and kissed nandini's cheek..

Nandini: thanks babyy! My cutie pie..

Manik: where is papa's one?
Manik moved his cheek forward and myrah kissed their too..

Ayaan: mein bhi waiiittt..

Ayaan ran and kissed both their cheek again..

Manik: chalo come..

Ayaan sat on manik's lap and myrah sat on nandini's lap..

Rishabh: perfect familyy..

Nandini smiled..

Chachi: nazar na lagey..

Ayaan: iska matlab kya hota hain?

Manik: iska matlab yeh hain ki koi evil eye na lagey..

Ayaan: oh no no..i will protect my family from everything..

Nandini: ofcourse you will my super boy..

Myrah clapped and laughed..

They talked for alot of time..was more of a picnic day with the whole family..

After about 2 hours..

Nandini saw manik standing at the bank of the ocean and looking at the ocean..

Nandini went and held around his arm..

Nandini: kya dekh rahe ho?

Manik: nothing..its just so peaceful..

Nandini: hmmm..

Manik: nandini you know that feeling..when your heart is so content and satisfied with everythjng..when you feel like there is no trouble..

Nandini: i know..but you know what my feeling is all the time?

Manik: kya?

Nandini: whatever the trouble is...i have manik by my side and when we are together nothing can make the trouble last for long..

Manik smiled looking at her and nandini too..

Manik: woh dekho star..

Nandini: abhi toh its not even dark..kaha star?

Manik hugged her from the side..

Manik: yaha..

Nandini smiling: offo manik..

She started walking by his side but manik held her hand and pulled her back..he hugged her from behind

Manik: i love you..

Nandini: i love you too..

Manik: humesha?

Nandini: humesha...

Ayaan: papaaa mammmaaa..

Both ayaan and myrah came holding their hands..

Myrah: papa..'mumm..

Nandini: coming babies..

Manik and nandini holding their hands started walking..ayaan and myrah cane towards them running..

Ayaan: beach walk..pleaseee..

Nandini: abhii?

Manik: haan chalo..

Manik folded his pants from the down and nandini did the same..

They slowly started walking in the water..it was so coldd..they were shivering..
Manik picked myrah up and ayaan held both nandini and manik's hand tightly..

They did not go far but just some steps from the bank..

Ayaan: beautiful..

Nandini side hugged manik and they all looked at the beautiful sunset together... They were all set for facing life with all the ups and downs they would have..but they would be together no matter whatt..
And thats how
Manan lived happily ever after ❤️

--------------------End---------------------